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Could you tell me how faience was made?

Faience is a man-made mixture of "ground quartz or quartz-sand held together by and alkaline binder. The bright and shiny surface
seen on this figurine is a result of glazing. The glaze was made of a form of powdered glass mixed with a liquid and applied either with a brush or by dipping the entire figurine.

It gets it's blue color from copper that is mixed into or applied to the surface of the quartz body before firing.

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CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Herma in glassy faience. Head of a god, perhaps Serapus or Aesclepius, terminating just below neck and mounted on column (?). Curled hair, plain and flat diadem, beard and moustache, open mouth. Head twisted slightly to right.
Condition: Surface worn, numerous chips, nose and beard broken. Top of head broken in a way that suggests it was originally furnished with an attribute.

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Download our app and ask your own questions during your visit. Here are some that others have asked.

Could you tell me how faience was made?

Faience is a man-made mixture of "ground quartz or quartz-sand held together by and alkaline binder. The bright and shiny surface
seen on this figurine is a result of glazing. The glaze was made of a form of powdered glass mixed with a liquid and applied either with a brush or by dipping the entire figurine.

It gets it's blue color from copper that is mixed into or applied to the surface of the quartz body before firing.